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impulse

[im-puhls] / ˈɪm pʌls /




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The experimental plane Solar Impulse 2, which completed a historic round-the-world trip in 2016 without using jet fuel, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico recently, its owner revealed.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Not all of those potential startups are likely to be focused on space, like Impulse or Epsilon3.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Impulse policies, like impulse buys, can work out well or badly but can never be well rationalized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Impulse Space, which makes space vehicles, said there has been surging customer demand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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